YouTube Downloader with yt-dlp

🔧 Setup

Create and activate a virtual environment:

python -m venv venv
venv\Scripts\activate  # Windows
# OR
source venv/bin/activate  # macOS/Linux

Install dependencies:

pip install yt-dlp

Make sure ffmpeg is installed and in your system PATH for proper video/audio merging.

🎬 Download 1080p YouTube Video

To download a YouTube video in 1080p with audio merged, saving it to the downloads/ folder:

python -m yt_dlp -f "bv*[height=1080]+ba" -o "downloads/%(title)s.%(ext)s" "https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"

Replace VIDEO_ID with your actual link.

📁 Folder Structure

• venv/ – Virtual environment (ignored by Git)
• downloads/ – Saved video files (ignored by Git)